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light a shoe as possible, and if all else fails use strings of 

 interfering rubber beads as low on the fetlock as possible, 

 which must be removed as soon as the drive is over." 



Corns are usually due to improper shoeing, or a loose 

 shoe; cutting away of the bars lets the wall curl in on 

 the seat of corns, or the smith may rasp down the bars 

 and wall and not remove the piece of the sole in the 

 angle thus formed, thus bringing pressure on a part not 

 meant to bear pressure. Excessive growth of the heels, 

 or the pressure of a stone on the sole which has been too 

 much thinned. To correct, use a bar shoe after the usual 

 treatment, or let the animal go bare footed. 



Laminitis (founder), the use of the rolled heel and toe 

 shoe, the bar shoe or some of the patent pads to be found 

 in the market will often render a lame horse workable; 

 if the sole drops use a wide webbed shoe, and a leather 

 sole packed with tar and oakum. 



Contracted feet are usually the result of poor shoeing, 

 either by raising the heels too high and taking away the 

 natural frog pressure, or by the use of shoes with an in- 

 ward slope of the upper surface of the shoe heel; the 

 causes indicate the cure, barefootedness is as good as any. 



Horses difficult to shoe may have the fore foot of the 

 same side tied up, and by means of hobble and rope draw 

 back the hind foot. Sometimes the disinclination to 

 stand is due to the animal being thrown out of balance 

 by the smith drawing the hind leg out too far from the 

 body, therefore, always see that the horse is able to stand, 

 which may be aided by turning the head to the side op- 

 posite to the foot to be lifted. The rope twitch can also 

 be used, the foot being kept raised by tying it to the tail. 



